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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 20158 counties in Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood watch at May 27, 2015, 11:03 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 28, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2015, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
In effect from: May 28, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 28, 2015, 8:18 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Flood severity: None

Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 27, 8:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 8:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 9:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 7:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 8:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 9:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	56 min
May 27, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	61 min
May 28, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	55 min
May 28, 2:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley	4 hr
May 28, 3:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	23 min
May 28, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	21 min
May 28, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	23 min
May 28, 3:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Wichita	6 hr
May 28, 3:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Wichita	37 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	48 min
May 28, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Wichita	32 min
May 28, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	43 min
May 28, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	59 min
May 28, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	47 min
May 28, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	46 min
May 28, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	39 min
May 28, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	29 min
May 28, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Kit Carson	17 min
May 28, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	38 min
May 28, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	17 min
May 28, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	52 min
May 28, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	15 min
May 28, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	22 min
May 28, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	60 min
May 28, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	58 min
May 27, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	45 min
May 27, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	41 min
May 28, 8:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	23 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in Nebraska, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in Colorado, 2015 Every flash flood watch in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.